# Marvel Comics-associated actors who've...released music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883 "2015-02-05T13:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/21 "2015-02-05T18:06:06Z")
Well, Alfred Molina (Dr. Octopus) has done musical theater, even getting a Tony nomination for playing Tevye in the Broadway revival of _ **Fiddler on the Roof.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/22 "2015-02-05T18:35:51Z")
J. K. Simmons, who played J Johan Jameson in the first set of Spider-Man films, starred in a revival of Guys and Dolls on Broadway playing and singing the roll of Bennie Southstreet. He had a few other musical rolls as well. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/23 "2015-02-05T18:52:25Z")
Jeremy Renner was a member of a band, the Sons of Ben. He’s sang on the soundtracks of _North Country_, _Love Comes to the Executioner_, and _The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford_. Here’s a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3PR52d8zU) of him singing. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/24 "2015-02-06T06:44:33Z")
Jamie Foxx from _The Amazing Spider-Man 2_ has done a bit of singing. Nicholas Hammond, Spider-Man in the 70s TV show, sang in the movie _The Sound of Music_. Here’s a stretch: Bill Mumy was in the 1990 _Captain America_ movie. He has released several records and has played with a couple of bands. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/25 "2015-02-06T08:21:05Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Sam Elliott, from **The Hulk** , sang in a cartoon musical called [Barnyard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414853/?ref_=_1). I don’t believe the song was ever released as a single, but there might be a soundtrack floating around. Also in Ghost Rider. You might be forgiven for blocking that out, although not that Hulk is much better. He plays… what he often plays. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Zoe Kravitz (Angel on X-Men: First Class) has recorded [a few things.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Kravitz#Music) Angel _Salvadore_. The superhero most commonly known as Angel (or Archangel for a period) was played by Ben Foster in X-Men 3. > [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Here’s a stretch: Bill Mumy was in the 1990 _Captain America_ movie. He has released several records and has played with a couple of bands. Don’t sell him short. He did Fish Heads! I haven’t seen this in a long, long time so don’t remember a thing, but Thomas Dolby did the soundtrack and had a small role in _Howard the Duck_… Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3) put out an album last November. Kevin Bacon (First Class) has 6 with the Bacon Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/26 "2015-02-06T09:02:31Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > •[Mark Collie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Collie) appeared as a villain in the first (theatrical) Punisher movie…and had a musical number. This one confused me. I thought you meant the Dolph Lundgren version, which actually was a theatrical release… in Europe. This was the guitar guy in the Thomas Jane (or second) version. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/27 "2015-02-06T09:06:21Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Also in Ghost Rider. You might be forgiven for blocking that out, although not that Hulk is much better. He plays… what he often plays. I meant Ghost Rider, not Hulk. I get him confused with Kris Kristofferson for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/28 "2015-02-06T09:54:18Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I meant Ghost Rider, not Hulk. I get him confused with Kris Kristofferson for some reason. No, you’re not misremembering; he’s in both. Just pointing out that some might want to forget Ghost Rider. Elliott was one of the best parts of it I think. He was Ross in the Eric Bana Hulk (2003); Edward Norton one (2008) had William Hurt as a less focal character. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/29 "2015-02-06T13:26:28Z")
Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm in _The Fantastic Four_ movies) has a band called MCB and they’ve released two singles. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/30 "2015-02-06T15:26:17Z")
Rob Zombie was a voice in _GotG_… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/31 "2015-02-08T13:57:34Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Angel Salvadore. The superhero most commonly known as Angel (or Archangel for a period) was played by Ben Foster in X-Men 3. Has Ben recorded anything? > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I haven’t seen this in a long, long time so don’t remember a thing, but Thomas Dolby did the soundtrack and had a small role in Howard the Duck… Which reminds me… Seth Green, who did the voice for Howard the Duck in GOTG, was in one of Weird Al’s videos, “White and Nerdy”. I don’t think playing the part of a member of “Dingos Ate My Baby” on BTVS counts, though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/32 "2015-02-08T15:39:59Z")
Nick Blood (Agents of Shield) is in a band called Shaaark. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/33 "2015-02-08T16:17:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Well, Alfred Molina (Dr. Octopus) has done musical theater, even getting a Tony nomination for playing Tevye in the Broadway revival of _ **Fiddler on the Roof.** _ Oh, and Doc Ock’s wife was played by Donna Murphy, who’s starred in many Broadway musicals, and has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/34 "2015-02-08T16:42:08Z")
will.i.am, who played Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, was in this group called the Black-Eyed Peas. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883/35 "2015-02-10T12:04:14Z")
Thanks for the input, all! I knew I could rely on you geeks. 😉 Ah! A couple of others I forgot… •Jennifer Garner (Elektra) performed on [a charity album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrU8otMB00U). Kinda sweet… •Christopher Lee (General Miguel—“Captain America II: Death Too Soon” [1978]) has a notable [secondary music career](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee#Music_career)…mostly [metal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93SdirnzTw). •For an honorable mention…[Nightcat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-hfE009MKM)! Marvel’s company-owned singer-superhero, created by Stan Lee and RCA, who actually got an album released! Which failed completely, and the singer now does internet porn and Troma movies! ---
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> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Idris Elba (Heimdall) also has a few musical successes, performing with rap groups, as a DJ, and music videos. He also [cancelled the apocalypse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag&t=1m41s). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-associated-actors-whove-released-music/711883.md?page=1)